Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Samara Kitchens COM/156 Instructor: Sunday, May 19, 2013
There was a missing person report across the news today, my co-worker stated. I never paid any attention to it; I went on about my day as if everything was fine. When I arrived at home I had several messages on my answer machine regarding my best friend Sonya. The message said, Samara please call me it’s Sonya’s mother, I haven’t heard from her in a couple of days, I just wanted to know if you have talked or seen her. I quickly called back to inform her mother that I have not heard from Sonya in months, and the last time we spoke she was doing well and taken a trip to Florida with her new boyfriend. Her mother began to tell me that Sonya was addicted to drugs as well as alcohol. She began to experience with alcohol a little after high school, which lead to the use of drugs. Sonya’s mother also explained to me that this boyfriend of hers was not good to her; he fed her the alcohol and drugs. He also abused her physically, verbally, and mentally. My heart was filled with so much pain and emptiness. This was my best friend my sister and she was gone. Drug and Alcohol addiction is one of the largest social problems we are faced with today. Addiction may have many unfortunate factors, such as serious physical and psychological problems. This has many factors including environment, hereditary, mental, and physical addictions and withdrawals. There are many treatments out there to recovery, such as NA meetings, medical treatment, and therapy to save an individual from making a horrible mistake in life. I only wish Sonya new this. Alcoholism and Drug addiction is a medical disease. Addiction is when a person is cannot control the aspects of
There was a missing person report across the news today, my co-worker stated. I never paid any attention to it; I went on about my day as if everything was fine. When I arrived at home I had several messages on my answer machine regarding my best friend Sonya. The message said, Samara please call me it’s Sonya’s mother, I haven’t heard from her in a couple of days, I just wanted to know if you have talked or seen her. I quickly called back to inform her mother that I have not heard from Sonya in months, and the last time we spoke she was doing well and taken a trip to Florida with her new boyfriend. Her mother began to tell me that Sonya was addicted to drugs as well as alcohol. She began to experience with alcohol a little after high school, which lead to the use of drugs. Sonya’s mother also explained to me that this boyfriend of hers was not good to her; he fed her the alcohol and drugs. He also abused her physically, verbally, and mentally. My heart was filled with so much pain and emptiness. This was my best friend my sister and she was gone. Drug and Alcohol addiction is one of the largest social problems we are faced with today. Addiction may have many unfortunate factors, such as serious physical and psychological problems. This has many factors including environment, hereditary, mental, and physical addictions and withdrawals. There are many treatments out there to recovery, such as NA meetings, medical treatment, and therapy to save an individual from making a horrible mistake in life. I only wish Sonya new this. Alcoholism and Drug addiction is a medical disease. Addiction is when a person is cannot control the aspects of